Graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts of Paris (ENSBA) France, with honors (1984), he also studies at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure Arts Décoratifs of Paris (ENSAD), France (1987), Richard-Viktor Sainsily-Cayol received a training in art history at la Sorbonne in Paris, France (1984).

In 2010, he receives the special mention of the jury of the first Caribbean Triennial in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

His last shows include Le trouble at the Médiathèque du Moule in Moule, Guadeloupe (2012) ; Sentidos Mezclados at the French Embassy in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (2011) ; a double show with Victor Anicet at the Salle Paroissiale of Marin, Martinique (2011) ; Sens Mêlés in the atelier of the artist, Guadeloupe (2010) ; Ferrements : Mémoires d’ici et d’ailleurs at the Pavillon de la ville of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe (2009) ; Intrusions/Extrusion – Anthropométries at the Galeria de Arte de la Universidad de Humanidades of Universad de Puerto Rico in Mayaguez (2002) and Figurations Caribéennes at l’Artchipel in Guadeloupe (2001).